Lead O & M Technician Catlettsburg

IHI Power•Catlettsburg, KY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

IHI Power Services Corp. (IPSC) has a career opportunity for a Lead O&M Technician at Riverside Generating Co power plant located in Catlettsburg, KY. This role conducts day-to-day operations and maintenance of the plant, including plant operations, mechanical maintenance, electrical maintenance, or instruments and controls. The Lead O&M Technician monitors plant performance and is capable of identifying and performing corrective actions for mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation/controls issues without supervision. They are fully proficient in at least one discipline, able to operate the control board, perform complex mechanical or electrical duties, and/or act as an instrument and controls technician. This position can lead acceptance and performance tests on existing or new plant equipment and provides guidance to less experienced operations personnel.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent level of work experience.
Successful completion of applicable Pre-Employment test battery.
Successful completion of applicable Pre-Employment drug testing and formal background checks.
Must be able to perform the physical demands of the assigned position.
Must possess solid level of computer literacy (Microsoft Office).
At least three years of related work experience.
Possess a valid state-issued driver’s license.
Must possess basic math skills, good verbal communications skills, and be proficient with the use of power and precision tools.
Must know the hazards involved and the safety precautions to be practiced in the operation and maintenance of power plant equipment and machinery.
Work within and ensure strict adherence to all safety practices and procedures.
Must be able to respond to audio alarms and variations of sound.
Basic data entry/computer skills
Work as a team.
Must be able to pool our knowledge and energy to work in tandem to completely understand and productively respond to all of the business challenges.

Nice To Haves

Leadership experience a plus

Responsibilities

Start-up, operate, shutdown and secure equipment under normal and emergency conditions, from the control room or in the field.
Troubleshoot and perform artisan level mechanical skills such as pump, motor and coupling alignment.
Inspect all facility machinery thoroughly for malfunctions and / or potential failures.
Maintain all logs and records as required to record complete operating conditions for the facility and report any irregularities.
Identify hazardous and/or unsafe conditions or work practices, notify supervisor and take action to correct as required.
Controls, monitors, and evaluates plant production equipment and output including efficiency and related variables (e.g., heat rate, cost/unit of production, system demands, and capabilities given various circumstances) and the overall effectiveness of operation practices and procedures.
Acts as the Operations point of contact in the coordination of the facility’s short and long-term maintenance/ project planning and scheduling process.
Reviews daily Operations work orders and establish priorities based on Safety, Operational and commercial impact.
Acts as the intermediate between the support groups and Operations department for the development of maintenance plans and schedules as well as routine CMMS backlog review for Operations.
Work with Management Team to develop 5 and 10-year major maintenance and outage site plan, planning these in CMMS, tie all PM’s to these planned Outages to support budgeting.
Ensure all pre-outage work is clearly scheduled and included in the outage planning milestones tracking tool.
Schedule planning outage milestone update meeting with the management team.
Responsible for assisting the maintenance manager with development and integration of the optimized plant wide and resource loaded Outage schedule.
Work with the management team to ensure the plant budget is up to date and accurate.
Monitors readings from controls (temperature, pressure, flow, etc.) for long term variances from normal trends and responds to the variances and issues instructions to ensure continued safe, reliable, and cost-effective power generation from the facility, while maintaining environmental standards.
Performs routine (fuel system maintenance, valve packing replacement, valve replacement, pump repairs, pump overhauls, electrical troubleshooting and repair, instrumentation calibration and troubleshooting) and complex (equipment alignment, continuous emissions monitoring systems, distributed control systems, turbine overhauls) maintenance work, as assigned.
Develops operating and maintenance procedures to ensure consistent and safe operation.
Conduct or assist in scheduled and forced outage maintenance work.
Supervise, coordinate, or assist contractors performing work at the facility.
Comply with all Facility Environmental, Health and Safety policies and programs.
Maintain logs and/or records of problems, repairs, and downtime as required.
Participate in committees and task forces as required, for plant operations and improvements.
Assist in the implementation and upkeep on the overall preventative maintenance and spare parts inventory tracking system.
Performs other duties as assigned by Operations & Maintenance
Other duties as assigned by supervision.